Display carton



Aprifi 2E, M E H DISPLAY CARTON Filed Jan. 19, 1955 FYZfC/ZGZ E 15 0!?Patented Apr. 21, 1936 UNITED STATES DISPLAY CARTON Mitchel E. Holy,Posen, Ill.,.assignor.toContainer Corporation ofAmerica, Chicago, Ill.,a corporation of Delaware Application January 19, 1935, Serial No. 2,503

3 Claims.

This invention relates to display cartons and more particularly to acarton of this type which is adapted to be formed in a relatively flatshape so as to hold a plurality of flat articles such as rubber jarrings, and at the same time to disclose the contents through a displayopening in one of the larger panels.

One object of the present invention is to so form the display cartonthat it will have sufficient strength and rigidity to satisfactorilyretain the contents as well to minimize the waste in cutting out thecarton from sheet stock.

Other and more specific objects will be brought out as the descriptionproceeds.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the preferred embodiment of a cartonforming the subject matter of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2--2 of Figure 1; and

Figure 3 is a plan view of the blank.

The container of the present invention in its preferred form comprises atubular carton 5 of suitable sheet material, such .as folding boxboard,

which may be conveniently formed from a blank cut and scored asindicated in Fig. 3. The carton 5, as shown, comprises a top panel orwall 6, a bottom panel or wall 1, side walls 8 and 9 and end walls I0and II. An attaching flap l2, preferably located on the bottom Wall 1,is provided by means of which the wall I may be secured to the side wall8 by adhesive or other well known means. It is thus apparent that thecarton may be collapsed fiat and may be expanded to tubular form.

The end walls I0 and I I are arranged to swing upon the hinge lineslocated in the plane of the top panel 6, and these walls are providedrespectively with tuck flaps I3 and M, which are insertable into thecarton so as to lie flat against the bottom Wall 1.

The top panel 6 is preferably cut away at l5 along a line l6 terminatingat a point where the adjacent corners of walls 9 and I0 meet andextending at an inclination across the carton and terminating at a pointwithin the inner edge of end wall II. In the present instance the lineof cutaway is shown as extending to the point where the adjacent walls 8and II meet. The mid-portion of the cutaway line l6 may follow anysuitable contour, such for example as indicated at I1, this featurehowever being relativelyunimportant insofar as the present invention isconcerned.

In the forming of the carton as above described,

means are provided for joining the adjacent ends of the side and endwalls at the corner or corners of the carton where the walls wouldotherwise lack support due to the cutout in the top panel. For thispurpose the side and end walls are connected by foldable corner memberswhich are 5 adapted to be folded so as to lie within the carton in itsset-up condition. While only those corners at which one or both of aside or end wall are unattached to the top panel require a foldablecorner piece, it has been found desirable 10 to provide such cornerpieces at all four corners of the carton. These corner pieces areindicated respectively at I8, I 9, 20, and 2|, each being formed in twosections 18a, I811; I911, I922; 20a, 20b; and 2m, Zlb, each of whichsections are 15 separated from each other and from their attached wallby score lines as indicated.

When the carton is set up the corner members will be folded so as to lieflat on the interior of the box and preferably against the end walls I020 and H, see Fig. 2.

Reference to the walls of the carton by the terms top, bottom, side, andend are to be understood to be merely for the purpose of convenience ofdescription and not as limiting 25 the carton to a particular manner ofuse.

From the foregoing it is apparent that the present invention provides adisplay carton of sturdy construction which may be cut economically fromsheet material and formed in the manner of an 30 ordinary tubular,tuck-in type carton so that the contents may be conveniently insertededgewise into the carton. The corner members of the carton provide thehinge for one or both ends of one or both of the end Walls and when thecarton 35 is set up these corner members afford the requisite supportfor the end walls regardless of the fact that one or both ends of thesewalls may be otherwise unsupported.

While the present description sets forth a preferred embodiment of theinvention, certain changes may be made in the construction withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention, and it is therefore desiredthat the present embodiment be considered in all respects as illus- 45trative and not restrictive, reference being had to the appended claimsrather than to the foregoing description to indicate the scope of theinvention.

I claim: V

1. A display carton comprising top, bottom, and 50 two side wallsconnected in tubular form, end walls for the carton, flaps on the endwalls adapted to be tucked in along the bottom of the carton, the topwall being cut away along a line terminating at diagonally oppositecorners of the car- 55 ton, and such cut away portion extending fromsuch line to two of the sides, and diagonally foldable corner membersjoining the end walls to the side walls adjacent the corners where theline of cut of the top panel meets the meeting corners of the end andside walls, said diagonally foldable corner members being adapted to liein folded position within the carton when same is set up.

2. A display carton comprising top, bottom, and two side Walls connectedin tubular form, end walls for the carton, flaps on the end wallsadapted to be tucked in along the bottom of the carton, the top wallbeing cut away along a line terminating at one corner of the carton andextending across the carton to .a point included in one edge of the sidewall opposite to such corner, and a diagonally foldable corner memberjoining the end and side wall adjacent the corner where the cut awayportion terminates, said diagonally foldable corner member being adaptedto lie in folded position within the carton when same is set up.

3. A display carton comprising top, bottom and two side walls connectedin tubular form, end walls for the carton, flaps on the end wallsadapted to be tucked in along the bottom of the carton, the top wallbeing cut away to display the contents and leaving certain corners ofthe side and end walls unsupported from the top of the carton, anddiagonally foldable corner members joining the end walls and side wallsat such of the corners which are so unsupported, said corner membersbeing foldable within the carton when the same is set up.

MITCHEL E. HOLY.

